Patent · US Expired

Driver control module

US6591927B1 · kind B1 · utility

19Cited by

17References

36Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC · US

Inventors

Curtis J. Honekamp · Fort Wayne, US
William L. Cousins · Ortonville, US
Harold F. Macris · Fort Wayne, US
Theodore L. Badgley · Fort Wayne, US
Trevor T. Downes · Fort Wayne, US
William R. Fleming · Fort Wayne, US
Jeffrey Sexton · Fort Wayne, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 23, 2000
Grant date	Jul 15, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/20528
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A driver control module for a vehicle and a method of assembling and installing the driver control module in the vehicle. The driver control module includes the operator control pedals, the steering column and a large portion of the brake actuation system of the vehicle. The driver control module is designed to be assembled as a unit and then mounted to the dash of the vehicle.

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